Horror

Newtown, CT, School Shooting: Photos From the Scene

Horror

Newtown, CT, School Shooting: Photos From the Scene

Eighteen children are reported dead in a horrific mass shooting at a New England elementary school. See heartbreaking photos from the scene.

12.15.12 6:30 PM ET

Jessica Hill/AP

A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following the shooting. Sandy Hook is located about 60 miles northeast of New York City. The school has 650 students.

Shannon Hicks/Newtown Bee, via AP

Connecticut State Police lead children from the school. The adult gunman, named as Adam Lanza, is dead.

Adrees Latif/Reuters, via Landov

Police patrol the streets outside. One student told an NBC affiliate: “I was in the gym and I heard like seven loud booms, and the gym teachers told us to go in the corner and we huddled. We all heard these booming noises, and we started crying. So the gym teachers told us to go into the office where no one could find us. Then a police officer told us to run outside.”

Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters, via Landov

A young boy is comforted outside Sandy Hook Elementary School. Eighteen children were killed in the shooting on Friday morning, and total fatalities could be up to 27 people.